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hottish

hottish

7.0
A little warm but not very hot
  • adjective
  • /ˈhɑːtɪʃ/
  • Archaic
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  • The coffee in my cup was hottish, perfect for sipping slowly.

Examples

  • The soup was still hottish, so I let it cool for a few minutes before eating.

  • After a long day in the sun, her skin felt hottish to the touch.

  • Vincent caught the high, hottish smell of it right away.

    Fiction book (1996)

Synonyms

warmish
vshottish
1 3.4

A little warm, not hot, or a little friendly

describes only slightly higher temperature not friendliness

Antonyms

cold
∞ 1.0

Having a low temperature that feels chilly

cool
608 1.0

A fairly low temperature that feels pleasant

How Hot

scorching
3.7
hot
∞ 1.0
hottish
  • Archaic
7.0
warm
∞ 1.0
lukewarm
13 2.3
cool
608 1.0

Surface Forms

hottish positive

Morphology

hottish = hot (transparent) = hot + ish

Meaning is directly derived from 'hot' + the productive suffix '-ish' meaning 'somewhat'; the doubled 't' is a spelling variant and does not change the transparent relation.

Etymology

The word hottish is made from hot ('warm') plus the ending -ish ('a bit' or 'somewhat'), like in greenish, so hottish means 'a bit hot' or 'slightly warm'.